Travel Guide of Jökulsárlón in Iceland by Influencers and Travelers

Jökulsárlón is a large glacial lake in southern part of Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland. Situated at the head of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier, it developed into a lake after the glacier started receding from the edge of the Atlantic Ocean.

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This glacial lagoon in Iceland is simply stunning with its cracking, glistening and moaning icebergs. The different colours of these icebergs only add to the splendour of the site. There are turquoise and even dark blue icebergs. Some are pristine white and others are even yellow. This colour from the sun is due to the presence of volcanic sulphide in the area. This tranquil lake is formed by ice that has broken off from the Breiôamerkurjökull glacier. After this separation, the ice floats in the lagoon before drifting towards the Atlantic Ocean. This site offers a grandiose spectacle at all hours of the day. The place is magical with its reflections on the lagoon, its coloured ice blocks and in the background a huge glacier.

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Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður

  5 km (2.9 miles) away from Jökulsárlón

Hornafjörður is a small fjord in southeastern Iceland. The town Höfn is located on its shores, and the Stokksnes headland is nearby. It was the arrival point on Iceland for the world's first aerial circumnavigation flight in August 1924.

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Höfn

  26 km (16.3 miles) away from Jökulsárlón

Höfn or Höfn í Hornafirði is an Icelandic fishing town in the southeastern part of the country. It lies near Hornafjörður fjord. The town, the second largest in the southeastern part of Iceland, offers scenic views of Vatnajökull. The community was formerly known as Hornafjarðarbær between 1994 and 1998.

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Hof, Iceland

  30 km (18.6 miles) away from Jökulsárlón

Hof, in Öræfi, is a cluster of farms in the municipality of Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður in southeast Iceland, close to Vatnajökull glacier, and twenty two kilometres south of Skaftafell in Vatnajökull National Park.

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